Tho saugh I stonde on either syde, Of metal, that shoon not ful cleer; Of whiche I wol yow telle fonde, That hath ful large wheel to turne. (330) 1420 1425 (340) 1430 1435 (350) 1440 1445 (360) 1450 Of hem which that I coude knowe, 1421. F. peler; B. pylere. 1425. I supply and hy. 1431. All fyne. 1432. Cx. Hym that wrote thactes dyuyne; P. om.; F. B. Th. Saturnyne. 1435. Cx. P. bare vpon; F. Th. B. he bare on. 1436. F. B. om. up. F. stonden; rest stoden. P. Cx. piler; F. B. pilere. 1437. 1442. P. Cx. Th. as of other merveilles. 1443. Thogh I hem noght by ordre telle, And by him stood, withouten lees, 1455 (370) 1460 1465 1456. F. B. stonde; Cx. Th. stande; P. stond. Th. Tholason; P. Tolofan; Cx. tholophan. seyde Omere was. 1483. I supply dan; see l. 1499. 1485 1460. F. B. Tholausan; 1477. So Cx. Th. P.; F. B. 1484. F. B. omit a. The grete god of Loves name. As I might see hit with myn yë: Than hit was erst, that saugh I wel. Tho saugh I, on a piler by, (400) 1490 1495 Of yren wroght ful sternely, The grete poete, daun Lucan, And on his shuldres bar up than, As highe as that I mighte see, And next him on a piler stood That quene is of the derke pyne. What shulde I more telle of this? Of hem that writen olde gestes, As ben on treës rokes nestes ; But hit a ful confus matere (410) 1500 1505 (420) 1510 1515 Were al the gestes for to here, That they of write, and how they highte. But why that I beheld this sighte, (430) 1520 I herde a noise aprochen blyve, That ferde as been don in an hyve, Right swiche a maner murmuringe, 1492. F. And; rest As ; B. As I hit myght se with myn ye; P. Cx. Th. As I myght see it wyth myn ye. 1494. F. high the (=highthe); Cx. Th. heyght; see 1. 744. 1498. F. sturmely. 1507. F. om. a 1515. F. inserts al of the before olde; B. inserts of the. 1510. F. B. om. al. For this folk, ful wel I wiste, They hadde good fame ech deserved, Now herkne how she gan to paye That thou graunte us now good fame, Of good werk, give us good renoun.' 1527. All in-to (for in). Cx. Th. grace (for cause). 1545 (460) 1550 1555 (470) 1560 1543. 1530. F. alle skynnes; Cx. alle kyns. 1551. Cx. Th. P. yet; F. B. right. quoth. By god! and therfor go your wey.' Alas,' quod they, 'and welaway! 'For me list hit noght,' quod she; 1565 (480) 1570 1575 That highte Sclaundre in every toun, (490) 1580 Hem that me list, and do hem shame.' This messanger gan faste goon, And found wher, in a cave of stoon, In a contree that highte Trace, This messanger gan faste crye, 1570. F. B. Vpon the peyn to be blynde, omitting 1. 1572; Read Vp, the usual idiom. 1572. In Cx. Th. only. 1594. F. B. clarioun; see l. 1597. that. 1585 (500) 1590 1595 Cx. Th. om. the. 1585. F. B. om. |